A Thousand Small Sanities - The Moral Adventure of Liberalism by Adam Gopnik
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$35.00 (50% off)
Category: Politics
The New York Times-bestselling author offers a stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time Not since the early twentieth century has liberalism, and liberals, been under such relentless attack, from both right and left. The crisis of democracy in our era has produced a crisis of fa ...Show more
All the President's Women - Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator by Monique El-Faizy; Barry Levine
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
Based on groundbreaking original reporting, an extensive new look at Donald Trump's relationships with women, revealing new accusations of sexual misconduct, exploring the roots of his alleged predatory behaviour, and illustrating how Trump's presidency has helped catalyse the #MeToo movement and revita ...Show more
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman
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Category: Politics
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers.We need a new movement. ...Show more
Fifty Things that Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford
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Category: Politics
Fifty Inventions that Made the Modern Economy paints the epic picture of economic change in an intimate way, by telling the stories of tools and ideas that had far-reaching and unexpected consequences.
The Future Is Asian: Global Order in the Twenty-First Century by Parag Khanna
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranke ...Show more
How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship by Ece Temelkuran
$27.99 AUD
Category: Politics
An urgent call to action from one of Europe's most well-regarded political thinkers. How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship is a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe - before it's too late. `It couldn't happen he ...Show more
City of Protest: Penguin Specials by Antony Dapiran
$9.99 AUD
Category: Politics
From the turbulent 1960s until today, Hong Kong has been a city shaped by civil disobedience. The latest wave of protests in Hong Kong's long history of public dissent culminated in the Occupy Central movement of 2014. What emerges from these grassroots movements is a unique Hong Kong identity, one shap ...Show more
The World Turned Inside Out - Settler Colonialism As a Political Idea by Lorenzo Veracini
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Category: Politics
A history and theory of settler colonialism and social control Many would rather change worlds than change the world. The settlement of communities in 'empty lands' somewhere else has often been proposed as a solution to growing contradictions. While the lands were never empty, sometimes these communit ...Show more
God Save the Queen: The Strange Persistence of Monarchies by Dennis Altman
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Category: Politics
An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.When he was deposed in Egypt in 1952, King Farouk predicted that there would be ...Show more
The Myth of Chinese Capitalism - The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World by Dexter Roberts
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Category: Politics
The untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world's largest economy Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reali ...Show more
The Black Prophetic Fire by Cornel West; Christa Buschendorf
$19.98 AUD
Category: Politics
An unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversational format, Cornel West, with distinguished scholar Christa Buschendorf, provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders- Frederick Doug ...Show more
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk
$59.95 AUD
Category: Politics
"We can no longer assume that liberal democracy is the wave of the future... This splendid book is an invaluable contribution to the debate about what ails democracy, and what can be done about it." ―Michael J. Sandel, author of Justice "Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should ...Show more